Archie #353
(November 1987)

Archie, 1959 Series
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Price
0.75 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
9 times a year in Jan., March, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
On-sale Date
1987
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics 45th Anniversary
Barcode
027100069652 11
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor) ; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Released during Archie Comics 45th Anniversary.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But, Archie, only girls go to that college!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle
Keywords
fashion; universities

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You don't need drugs...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Archie Public Service Announcement telling kids to say no to drugs.

Indexer Notes

No credits given.

The Right Spirit! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Old Man Dundee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie gets help against two thugs from the Ghost of Old Man Dundee.
Reprints
Keywords
ghost

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #252, inking is credited to Rudy Lapick.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Bolling ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Step right up!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Offer for two of the month's comic books for $1.00.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Double your fun!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for the Archie Double Digests.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Katy Keene / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Lucas
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Katy Keene Comics Digest Magazine
Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Katy Keene

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Katy Keene Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #1.

Brew Brouhaha (Table of Contents: 6)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Sabrina Spellman; Hilda; Zelda
Synopsis
Sabrina's Aunts find new brew ingredients to gross out Sabrina.

Indexer Notes

No credits given.

The New Place (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Big Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Pop Tate is opening a new restaurant and the gang gives their opinions on what the place should look like.

Indexer Notes

This story leads into a questionnaire which gave fans a chance to give their opinions on what a Archie Restaurant should look like if it came to their town.

Would You Like to See an Archie's Restaurant in Your Town? (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Synopsis
A questionnaire which gave fans a chance to give their opinions on what a Archie Restaurant should look like if it came to their town.

Love in Bloom (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Pellowski
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie buys Veronica a tree for their anniversary.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Subscribe and save $1.75 on each five-issue subscription!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for subscriptions to the Archie digests.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dexter Taylor ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Reports from the members of the Archie Club on King Tutankhamen and softball.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Discount 32 page comic subscriptions!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for subscriptions to the 32 page comic books.

Dry-Eye Reply (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie's Mom & Dad / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Nate Butler
Pencils
Nate Butler
Inks
Nate Butler
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie's parents go to a movie.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie Fan Club / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fans!
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Ms. Beazly; Svenson; Mr. Lodge (all on pen or notepad except for Archie)

Get Out There (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Ruth
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie's dad gets Archie and the gang to stop watching TV and go out and enjoy life. They take his advice, but put a little spin on it.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page 2 clearly shows a package of Chips Ahoy! cookies and Page 3 shows the Kool-Aid jug. Kool-Aid and Chips Ahoy! were sponsors of Archie Comics at the time.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["But, Archie, only girls go to that college!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. ["You don't need drugs..."]
    Archie
  3. 2. The Right Spirit!
    Archie
  4. 3. ["Step right up!"]
    Archie
  5. 4. ["Double your fun!"]
    Archie
  6. 5. ["Katy Keene Comics Digest Magazine"]
    Katy Keene
  7. 6. Brew Brouhaha
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  8. 7. The New Place
    Archie
  9. 8. Would You Like to See an Archie's Restaurant in Your Town?
    Archie
  10. 9. Love in Bloom
    Archie
  11. 10. ["Subscribe and save $1.75 on each five-issue subscription!"]
    Archie
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  13. 12. ["Discount 32 page comic subscriptions!"]
    Archie
  14. 13. Dry-Eye Reply
    Archie's Mom & Dad
  15. 14. ["Fans!"]
    Archie Fan Club
  16. 15. Get Out There
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Luke A.
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthias Hofmann
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Terry Watkins